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Matt Ulery
Chicago based bassist/composer and bandleader, Matt Ulery, has developed an instantly recognizable sound. Known for his sweeping lyricism, unconventional phrase structures, and expressionistic emotionalism, Ulery’s music is informed by the entire spectrum of jazz, classical, rock, pop, and folk– specifically American, South American, Balkan, and other European folk styles. He performs not only on upright and electric bass, but doubles on tuba. Ulery is the leader of his own groups, Loom, By a Little Light, and a member, among others, of Eastern Blok, and the Grazyna Auguscik Group. Ulery has released 5 albums of all original music under his name including his most recent release of a double album on Dave Douglas’s Greenleaf Music record label in June 2012. Ulery earned a Master of Music degree at Depaul University and Bachelors degree in music composition at The Chicago College of Performing at Roosevelt University and has played in bands with Kurt Rosenwinkel, Phil Markowitz, Fareed Haque, Howard Levy, Patricia Barber, Goran Ivanovic, Jeff Parker, Zach Brock, and many others. When not touring parts of the U.S
Mother Harp
By Matt Ulery
Label: Woolgathering Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: The Joy of a Good Gambol; On Broilers; Five Pocket; Bucking The Bull; Wiper; Patience Sparks
Purpose; Nightshade; The Ritz; Gallus Gallus; Lessons In Flying; Great Advantages.
Brighter Days
By Jarod Bufe
Label: Calligram Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Midnight; The Forgotten Before; Fighting For Hope; Goodnight, My Brooklyn Prince; Eclipse;
Loss Of Agency; Goodbye, Marlene; Brighter Days; Window Well.
Ches Smith, Enemy, Matt Ulery, Russ Johnson & More
by Ludovico Granvassu
"Looking back to look forward" could be the motto of this playlist. It kicks off with a blaxploitation tinged scorcher of a song from an upcoming Charles Kynard re-release, followed by a live performance in which Enemy (Kit Downes, Petter Eldh, James Maddren) celebrate a decade of music-making. Also included, an unearthed gem featuring a 2009 ...
James Davis' Beveled: Arc and Edge
by Mark Corroto
Trumpeter James Davis' sextet is aptly named Beveled--a word that means transforming a sharp, square edge into something smoother, more refined. That concept of reshaping and softening defines both the ensemble's instrumentation and its sonic character. Davis sets the tone by trading his bright trumpet for the warmer, more introspective voice of the flugelhorn. He deepens ...
Matt Ulery: Mother Harp
by Mike Jurkovic
With 15 albums of adventurous composition and daredevil artistry behind him, Chicago-based bassist-composer-bandleader Matt Ulery is, as they say back home, no slouch. And on his 16th, the raucously-inflamed and infectious Mother Harp, he follows his rock 'n' roll heart to the finish line and beyond. Mother Harp is a bevy of crazy-good stuff ...
Furniture Of the Mind Rearranging
Label: We Jazz Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Carrying the Stick; Dovetail; Seen; Zoetic; Jayber Crow; Mantis; Say to Yourself; Under the Garden; Furniture Of the Mind;
Lost Motion; Catlett; Mycelium; Motor Neurons.
Quartet
Label: Calligram Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Prelude; Retrograde; Contemplation; Two Sides; Odyssey; Split Levels; September’s Lullaby;
The Game; Polka Dots and Moonbeams; Rollins.
Mannerist
By Matt Ulery
Label: Woolgathering Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Bridges; The Brink of What; Another Room of Ornaments; Left Room; Under the Dusken Crown; The
Prairie is a Rolling Ocean.
Cachito
By Juan Pastor
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Tu Voz; Carlitos; Wuayrapa Yuyay; La Lucha; Azúcar de Caña; Humanidad; Undertow; La Rata de Renato; A Dios.
